Green and animal rights organizations do
not subsist on the sale of calendars, books, and stuffed animals. They are wealthy
beyond the comprehension of most Americans and others who support them in the
belief they are "protecting the environment" and saving animals from
"cruelty" and "extinction."

You will be astonished to
learn that there are more than 4,000 environmental groups in America today. "And
the number is growing," warns Ron Arnold of the Center for the Defense of
Free Enterprise, "and they are really out to get you." Worse, they have
the clout and the money to do it." They use it to lobby and support members
of Congress to initiate legislation harmful to the interests of all Americans.

Hugo Gurdon of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, in a recent National
Post article, noted that "The 12 biggest environmental pressure groups
in the United States enjoy combined annual revenues of $1.95 billion, according
to the latest Internal Revenue Service figures. Only 725 of the United States'
20 million companies can boast such magnificent cash flow."

"Among
the green dozen are someNature Conservancy ($731 million) and the Wildlife
Conservation Council ($311 million)that are merely left-of-center. But there
are genuinely extreme organizationsthe World Wildlife fund ($118 million)
and the Sierra Club ($73 million)that militate aggressively against the
free market and attack property rights to the detriment of the economy and the
majority of ordinary people," said Gurdon.

Arnold has written several
excellent books on this topic that demonstrate how the Natural Resources Defense
Council, the Environmental Working Group, and the Rainforest Action Network, have
a long record of activities that undermine entire industries and the welfare of
the nation's mining, ranching and farming enterprises.

In the case of the
animal rights groups, Arnold has documented how People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PETA) is a case history of IRS tax law violations, stolen trade secrets,
advocated arson, and assaulted business executives.

The Greens and the Animal
Rights groups use every protection afforded by the Constitution and every loophole
in our legal and IRS codes to pursue their war on capitalism, property rights,
and the welfare of this nation. They are a Socialist Taliban.

Americans
for Medical Progress, a group that monitors the Animal Rights movement that opposes
the use of animals for medical research, recently released information concerning
the wealth of some of the leading groups. PETA's annual budget is $13,499,614.
It has net assets worth $4,480,988. It heavily underwrites the Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine whose budget runs $2,915,847.

The American Anti-Vivisection
Society as assets in excess of $11,561,737 and an annual budget of $1.2 million.
The Fund for Animals has net assets in excess of $189,438,862 and runs an annual
budget of more than $5.6 million. Defense of Animals is worth $1,483,334. There
are others that include the Animal Welfare Institute, the Animal Legal Defense
Fund, the Doris Day Animal League, and the Humane Society of the United States.

The
Greens are leading the battle against genetically modified foods, a scientific
breakthrough that promises to end famine. They are behind the US government's
former forest management policies that have led to years of catastrophic fires.
Within the passed few weeks the Bush administration has announced the revisions
necessary to thwart this menace. Through their use of the Endangered Species Act
and other "environmental" legislation, they fund the attack on property
rights, the keystone of the American economy. They have undermined the training
of our nation's military through such laws as well.

While our attention
is focused on the threat of the global Islamic Jihad, we also have to keep an
eye on these groups. The threat of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberal
Front is international in scope and increasing daily here on the home front. They
have begun to use violence against individuals to achieve their goals. In the
past, they have specialized in arson and vandalism, some of which has destroyed
years of scientific research for the benefit of humans, animals and protection
of natural resources such as our forests.